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Initially rejected, the 43-year-old from Minnesota spent hours on hold appealing the decision - even lodging a complaint with the state - only to see her claims denied three times.

Now she is bracing for the battle to start again, after deciding her best option was to try her luck with a new insurance company.

"It's exhausting," she said. "I can't keep going like this."

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe we should spend all the time on hold researching CEO home addresses. Ya know, just so we can see what the good life looks like on Google maps, before we die from something treatable.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It might show a few good vantage points for bird watching within about 50-100 yards.

[–] Lemminary 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I hear there's a lot of deer around for anyone who'd like to bring a rifle along.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It’s difficult to shoot deer from that range for a lot of folks. You probably need a range finder or a scope or something for better accuracy.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Yeah, don’t try to use iron sights. Looking at you, Tommy

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's amazing that they can invest the money they take from us, make millions+ of that, then sit back and tell us we're not covered.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Is it amazing? Sounds pretty standard to me.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

Maybe break out the gamecubes and spin up some Luigi's Mansion.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

This is brave, radical and daring coming from the bbc: most probably because it is not reporting on uk health issues

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Hopefully the right kind.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Ron Howard voice: "But it did go on like that."